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Maybe your definition of guarantee is different to mine, but signing Neymar alone wouldn't come close to doing that. The bookies currently have us around 8/1 to 10/1 which equates to around 10-13% of winning the CL. Signing Neymar would make us favorites and push us up to around 25% or so, but...

I've stopped reading anything into preseason ever since Van Gaal's United destroyed everyone in the 2014 ICC but then got taken apart by Swansea, MK Dons, and Sunderland in their opening matches.

I rate Cancelo a lot but Robertson, TAA, and Alba are all better going forward

why isn't Costa there? I thought he was even back training a week early

If they knew how to play Pep, they wouldn't be losing to him in the league almost every time. City having easy draws in the domestic cups doesn't change the fact that Pep's decision to go full strength against Brighton and then rest players in the first leg cost them badly.

I think City will prioritize the Cl a bit more this season at the expense of the two domestic cups, which will probably help them a lot. I can't still get my head around why Pep started KDB in the FA Cup against Brighton and then left him out of that first leg against Tottenham. 1563322145...

How would you all rank the favorites? Atm, I would probably say 1. City 2. Liverpool 3. Barca 4-5: Juve/Real (depends on remaining transfers) 6: PSG 7. Bayern If Barca get Neymar, I'd move them to #1 and drop PSG to 7. I have City and Liverpool as the top two and I definitely think they're...

he's playing beach volleyball/football in Brazil

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only De Ligt and Joao Felix

He's either gonna burn himself out or he'll keep it up until he gets a new contract and then go full lolzilian.

If we're trying to sign Icardi, is it safe to say the rumors of Sarri using Ronaldo as a false 9 aren't true then?

R9 wins in terms of pure talent for me. If he had the discipline and luck with injuries that Messi and Ronaldo have had, there probably wouldn't even be a GOAT debate.

Iniesta was never by far the motor at Barcelona, especially not in 2010. He was injured for a lot of the 09/10 season and Xavi was far better and more important to the team. Iniesta was the best Spanish player in 2012 and had a stronger case for Ballon d'Or that season, but people say he...

Xavi was better. 1562548224 Griezmann was nothing special at WC. All his goals were penalties apart from the one thrown in by the Uruguay keeper. He also did nothing in the Cl at all. If France had a standout player, then he probably would have won.

Modric won Golden Ball while leading Croatia to a WC final and had a pretty good Cl campaign. Firmino was like Brazil's 10th best player while winning Copa America and did nothing after Cl quarters. The World Cup has always been massive for Ballon d'Or apart from when the FIFA award merged with...

Did you seriously just suggest Firmino for Ballon d'Or? He was Liverpool's worst attacker of the front three, didn't play either leg vs Barca, was complete rubbish in the Cl final before being subbed off, and nothing great in Copa either. If a Liverpool player gets it, it will be Van Dijk...

and then of course he scores the one he takes with Portugal against Switzerland

It's always funny how Pele was unanimously considered among the greatest by everyone who followed him at the time, but now teenage Messi/Ronaldo have suddenly figured out that he's completely overrated and a fraud.

1. Playing a few matches for Portugal doesn't magically stop him from "adapting" 2. If Nations League was this all important tournament, he would have played even if there was a very slight slowdown of his adaptation with Juventus.